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• peugeot 406 LX TD 1.9 - Brake vibration 12 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  I have a problem with heavy vibration under braking. I have fitted new discs& pads,new wheel bearings & caliper guide pins. The vibration is more pronounced at low speed,when there is strong movement on the steering wheel. Could I be requring a new caliper? Any suggestions
• Ford Focus 1.8 - Year 2000 model - Front wheel juddering when braking 1 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Does anyone know why my Focus judders through the steering wheel when brakes are applied? The front discs and pads are only nine months old and there are absolutely no signs of juddering during normal driving Any help would be welcomed Thanks
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Rear brake discs 26 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  At 3 years old with 15 thousand miles on the clock I would expect this car to pass the first MOT without major failure. My car failed due to badly corroded rear brake discs. This car had been serviced each year by the supplying dealership and is kept in a heated garage. Could it be the discs
• Toyota Avensis (2003 - 2008) - 04 2.0 Fitting brake pads and discs 2 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Simple question - how easy is it to fit brake pads and discs to my car? My Toyota dealership garage has quoted £316. Thinking of doing it myself - how much can I expect to pay to buy them and is it relatively easy to do? Thanks
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 01 2.0 False 'brake fluid low' warnings 20 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I get endless warnings of low brake fluid when the reservoir is brim full. one suspects a faulty fluid level sensor (?). Would it be safe to put a short across the pins of the unplugged sensor plug to give some respite from the false warnings ?
• Land Rover Defender (1946 - ) - Rear brakes after MOT. 26 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I went with a farmer friend of mine to have 4 BF Goodrich tyres fitted to his Landrover Defender. I noticed that the rear offside brake pad had no lining at all, was scoring the disc and was seized up. This Landrover passed it's MOT only 3 weeks ago. How can this happen?
• Renault Modus front brake disk size? 24 May 2007 (Forum)
  Does anyone know what the size of the brake disks on the front of a Renault Modus are? Ours is a 1.5DCi model if that makes a difference. I know they are vented. Are they the same size as any other Renault models (i.e. Clio, Megane etc)? GSF don't list the Modus yet and I need some new ones
• Replacing Ford Fiesta MK3 drum brakes 21 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I recently tried to check on a squeeking sound coming from the rear brake of my MK3 1.1 petrol Fiesta. I tried dismantling the rear drum but can't see how. It was easy enough on my past cars but this seems to be difficult. The Haynes manual says that the four bolts connecting the whole assy must
• Vectra Rear Brakes 5 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Suffering from un even wear on my missus 1.8 ls One set of pads is almost half again worn as the other side , plus it has started to make a grinding noise under heavy braking, Is this a sign of another defective caliper? The car does high miles i.e 120 mile daily although is lighlty loaded
• Laguna Brakes 27 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 99 T Laguna 1.6... .I have noticed lately that when I brake hard such as coming down from 60mph to stop for a roundabout, the steering wheel judders ever so slightly. I used to have a Cavalier and as far as i can remember i didnt do this.. is this normal or is it a sign that somthing
• Rover Electrics 1 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  I have a 1992 rover 416, I noticed recently when braking my hazard indicator lights on dashboard would glow smetimes. Now what happens is that when indicating and applying brakes the indictors speed up, but work normally again when I release brake. It also happens when I put car in reverse
• Peugeot 207 - braking system faulty 4 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  Hi all Driving home this evening when a message flashed on the centre consol saying 'Braking System Faulty'.  The ABS light along with a 'STOP' light came on on the dash,  Brakes working perfectly, nothing has been done to them recently.  Shortly after another message
• Ford fiesta - Car feels like it's skidding under hard braking 18 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  Hello, I was on a motorway today and a hgv pulled out in front of me in the outside lane and I had too put my brakes on hard, as I was doing this the car felt like it was skidding or like it was on ice. Very weird feeling. I didn't go out of my lane or anything but I felt like I had too adjust
• Any disk equipped, especially Volvo's - PTFE in brake grease 18 May 2018 (Forum)
  them in case the brakes get very hot again (one was seized) and break it down to fluoric acid, which is famously nasty stuff. Wikipedia has "Pyrolysis of PTFE is detectable at 200 °C...it begins to deteriorate after the temperature of cookware reaches about 260 °C (500 °F
• Mitsuoka Viewt (Nissan Micra) - Brake and tail light problem 20 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi. I'm new to the forum. I have just bought a 1995 Mitsuoka Viewt, which is basically a Nissan Micra with a mk 2 Jag front and rear end. All was working fine until I took a look at the wiring for the rear lights, as I wanted to fit a high level brake light. I didn't
• Fiat Ducato eurmobile Camper - brake and electrical problems, please help. 25 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, I have 2 issues with my recently purchased camper that i would really appreciate help/advice with.   The first is a problem with leaking brake fluid,  I have just come back from a trip and i lost by breaking power, I have recently discovered a leak on the left hand
• Squeaking Front Wheels -SEAT Leon 1.9tdi 19 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  I'm having a mysterious squeaking coming from (as far as I can tell) the passenger side front wheel. It doesn't happen when the car is cold (i.e if stationary for a few hours) but once warmed up for 10mins of urban driving the noise appears. This has lead me to beleive that it's a brake issue
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - vibration 23 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  in advance as to what they should be considering, as so far I have had to have a number of things done on the car in the first 2-3weeks of owning it, and at the moment I haven't gone one week where I have not had to take the car back yet! Also when I test drove it I noticed the brakes were seriously
• Renault Scenic (1999 - 2003) - 01 1.9 Brake pad stuck 1 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  My 2001 Scenic has recently started to pull to the left under heavy braking. It seems fine driving around town but when braking in stop start traffic on the motorway it pulls to the left, leading me to believe that i had partial breaking on the drivers side. My first thought was that one or both
• Peugeot 307 (2001 - 2007) - 06 1.4 Intermittent Brake Lights 14 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  The brake lights on my wife?s Peugeot 307 (06 registration) are only intermittently coming on. I have bought new bulbs and installed them, I have checked the bulbs in the brake light strip at the top of the hatchback and they are all working. When they DO work all three come on (strip at top